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Brunch with Dee Rees and Nekisa Cooper (Brunch with Bridget, Episode 66)

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Karman Kregloe

This week Bridget welcomes to Brunch the two women who brought us the award-winning short film Pariah: director Dee Rees and producer Nekisa Cooper.

Dee and Nekisa talk about the making of Pariah, and their new documentary Eventual Salvation, which will air on the Sundance Channel in October and will screen at Brooklyn Academy of Music as a part of their Cinematek Program during the Afropunk Film Festival.

In addition to their exciting cinematic lives, the real-life couple also talk about how they met and are challenged by Bridget to a game of "How Well Do You Know Your Lesbian?" The results are shocking!

Don't forget to vote for Pariah in the Netflix "Find Your Voice" Film Competition. If Pariah wins, Rees will receive a $150,000 cash grant, production resources, and the film will be distributed on Netflix. (The film is currently in second place, so vote today!)

Brunch With Dee Rees & Nekisa Cooper
(Brunch With Bridget, Episode 66)

Watch new episodes of Brunch With Bridget Friday nights at 2 a.m. on LOGO, and watch previous episodes of Brunch here.

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    • Submitted by
    Karman Kregloe
    on June 28, 2009 - 3:02am.
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    trender's picture

    Sort it out AE

    Submitted by
    trender (13 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 3:19am.
    Two weeks is TOO long to wait for a new episode! One week is too long but I can just about survive it.
    DirtDiva's picture

    And from those of us who copped the patience gene (:-p)...

    Submitted by
    DirtDiva (2 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 4:12am.
    Nice work, as always. :-)
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    yay

    Submitted by
    Melissa Hsu (not verified)
    on June 28, 2009 - 7:23am.

    i loved pariah. . . can't wait to check out the new film at AP.

    great episode. 

    Suzzie's picture

    Fabulous....

    Submitted by
    Suzzie (159 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 7:57am.

    as always! Those two were both really funny and soo cute together! Brilliant guests Bridget!! Agreed with trender, was hard waiting two weeks for another one though!

    It was really nice hearing about Dee's grandmother, she must be one brave and strong principled/willed women to have stayed even when all your family was asking for you to come back! Must be fantastic to have such a strong women in your family!

    CiCi B's picture

    I Waited For Ever!!

    Submitted by
    CiCi B (17 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 5:36pm.

     I honestly thought I was going crazy, the last two weeks has been a total nightmare. My days were spent waiting for Brunch With Bridget!! How comes it took two weeks...I hope and pray this doesn't happen again I don't think I could cope with pulling my hair out every  night waiting to watch it.

    I Love Bridget and Baby Bridge! Even though I waited for ever...I had fun watching as always, and couldn't stop laughing!!

    =]

    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Great episode!....and guest suggestion

    Submitted by
    Melissa Hsu (not verified)
    on June 28, 2009 - 8:24pm.

    there's two crazy kids over at flawles tv (jess and mary b) that would be perfect guests for a future installment of brunch. i just found them on youtube n theyre absolutely hilarious. i can't even imagine the kind of trouble they'd be able to cook up while in bed with bridget. here's a couple links to their youtube if ya wanna check them out.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SayJgvZNdXE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JWCRcUN1hs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dqr-Ah6r3g

    ps. thanks for another ab fab episode!

    *Impossible is not a declaration, it's a dare*

    Chelsea's picture

    Love it!!

    Submitted by
    Chelsea (65 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 8:03pm.
    as always :)
    Lunakiss's picture

    Speaking of Guests

    Submitted by
    Lunakiss (2083 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 8:40pm.

    It was nice to see Dee R and Nekisa in your vblog. I already voted for Pariah. I can't wait to see as a feature though. Nekisa sounds like a promising and upcoming director/writer in the making. Nekisa I feel ya on growing up down south.

    Hey Bridget how about inviting AJ on your vblog. You should check her out on youtube. She's as funny as hell.

    sta_k's picture

    Instead of going to bed, I'm

    Submitted by
    sta_k (41 posts)
    on June 28, 2009 - 9:25pm.
    Instead of going to bed, I'm going to watch your vblog. The last time I did that was almost a year ago!! =/ I wonder if you look different. lol.
    Denise's picture

    Netflix VOTE

    Submitted by
    Denise (4 posts)
    on July 7, 2009 - 4:56pm.

    Hey all, so as they mention at the end of the vlog, Pariah is in a competition to win some major production resources.

    Today is the last day to vote, and Pariah is just barely in 6th place...............and only the top 5 go on to the next round.  SO GO VOTE!

    & if you're crazy about the movie like me, you can vote once per computer by following the link below, and once again by using the Netflix application on facebook.

    VOTE 5 STARS FOR PARIAH!

    http://www.netflixfindyourvoice.com/

     

    & ps I don't work for Rees & Cooper or anything, I'm just a big fan.

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    Guestbian

    Submitted by
    Prince Di (126 posts)
    on July 12, 2009 - 10:36am.
    I enjoyed watching the vlog, and I even watched it again. I even voted to.

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